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Lott, containing found acres of land." He returned to his father, 19 Oct. 1709, a life-lease of the same, as follows:
- For and in Consideration of Love, good will and Affection, which I have and do bear towards my Honoured and Well Respected Father, Mr. John Whitney, of the aforesaid Town and County, Do give and grant, and by these presents do fully & absolutely give and grant unto him, my said Father, John Whitney, the free use and Improvement of one half of ye now Dwelling House, Barn & Home Lott that he now dwells in & Improves, During ye Term of his Natural Life, as also, ye Improvement of Half of said House, & what convenience my be needful in ye Barn unto my Honoured Moather, if she survive my said father, During her continuance of Widowhood.
He sold this property, 8 July 1712, to his brother, John Whitney, subject to the foregoing lease; and removed, among the early settlers, to Ridgefield, Conn., where we find his ear-mark recorded 1 Dec. 1712. Here he was chosen townsman, 17 Dec. 1717; fence-viewer, 5 Dec. 1720, 19 Dec. 1723, 14 Dec. 1724, and 22 Dec 1726.
- The Townsmen Do Order that ye White Oak Tree standing near Henry Whitne's be recorded their Sign Post.
Recorded Janry 7th 1727-7, Per me
THOMAS HAWLEY, Registr.
He died at Ridgefield, 26 April 1728, and was, doubtless, buried in the old graveyard, south of the village, where only two gravestones yet stand, neither of which is his. In exchanging land with Joseph Northrup, Sen., of Ridgefield, 26 Ap. 1727, he styled himself "Henry Whitne, Senr., of Ridgfield, in ye County of Fairfield, in ye Colony of Connecticutt, in New England, Weaver." Four days before his death, 22 Ap. 1728, he conveyed land to Rev. Thomas Hawley, and, probably on account of weakness, signed the deed by his mark. Many grants of land were made by the town, on his right, to his heirs, from 16 May 1729 to 1742, and, perhaps, even later. It is said that his widow lived to a great age, and died at Ridgefield, but no record of her death has been found.
The following diagram will indicate the position of his home-lot.
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